Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A soup made with chicken broth and leeks.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
cockieleekie .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
chicken soup boiled with leeks
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun soup made from chicken boiled with leeks
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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And the Scotsman, he ordered a bowl of cock-a-leekie soup ...
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The cock-a-leekie soup was his culinary magnum opus.
A Small Death in the Great Glen A. D. Scott 2010
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Name another country that festoons its traditional dishes with names like bubble and squeak, deviled bones, spotted dick, cock-a-leekie soup, clouty dumplings, and toad-in-the-hole.
SARA MOULTON’S EVERYDAY FAMILY DINNERS SARA MOULTON 2010
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Name another country that festoons its traditional dishes with names like bubble and squeak, deviled bones, spotted dick, cock-a-leekie soup, clouty dumplings, and toad-in-the-hole.
SARA MOULTON’S EVERYDAY FAMILY DINNERS SARA MOULTON 2010
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And the Scotsman, he ordered a bowl of cock-a-leekie soup . . .
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“Even Bess knows I like to caramelize shallots for cock-a-leekie soup,” he said.
The Owl and Moon Cafe Jo-Ann Mapson 2006
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“Even Bess knows I like to caramelize shallots for cock-a-leekie soup,” he said.
The Owl and Moon Cafe Jo-Ann Mapson 2006
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After which he let the young man simmer gently for five minutes, like so much reheated cock-a-leekie.
Fleshmarket Close Rankin, Ian 2004
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A huge pot of milky cock-a-leekie soup was burbling on the back of the cooker.
Drums of Autumn Gabaldon, Diana 1997
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And so, with the assistance of Jenny, ten pails of milk from the dairy shed, three chickens caught from the coop, and four dozen large leeks from the kailyard, I presided over the preparation of cock-a-leekie soup and roasted potatoes for the laird and tenants of Lallybroch.
Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992
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